Systems and methods for allocating fault to autonomous vehicles
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorTimothy Joel Davis
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Abstract
In one aspect, a system for allocating fault in a collision involving a vehicle is provided. The system may include (1) a sensor coupled to the vehicle and configured to collect contextual data related to the collision, (2) a non-transitory memory configured to store the contextual data, and (3) a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to (a) gain access to the contextual data, and (b) compute and assign a fault percentage to a driver of the vehicle based upon the contextual data.
Claims18
An autonomous vehicle system for allocating fault in a collision involving an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle system comprising:
- the autonomous vehicle;
- a plurality of sensors affixed to the autonomous vehicle;
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- an autonomous vehicle computing device coupled to the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle computing device comprising i) a non-transitory memory for at least storing driving data and contextual data collected by the plurality of sensors, and ii) a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and the plurality of sensors,
- wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to:
- detect the driving data and the contextual data including driving conditions associated with the autonomous vehicle and related to the collision involving the autonomous vehicle, and
- transmit, to the processor, the driving data and the contextual data, and
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- execute a stored control program configured to operate the autonomous vehicle,
- during execution of the stored control program, generate other driving data including driving information representing an operation of the autonomous vehicle during the execution of the stored control program,
- determine that the collision involving the autonomous vehicle has occurred,
- in response to the collision being determined, analyze the driving data and the contextual data, and
- compute and assign, based upon the contextual data and the driving data, a first fault score for the autonomous vehicle, and a second fault score for at least one other participant of the collision, wherein the first fault score is reduced at least in proportion to the second fault score.
A computer-implemented method for allocating fault in a collision involving an autonomous vehicle, said method implemented using an autonomous vehicle computing device including a non-transitory memory and a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and a plurality of sensors affixed to the autonomous vehicle, said method comprising:
- executing, by the processor, a stored control program configured to operate the autonomous vehicle;
- during execution of the stored control program, generating, by the processor, other driving data including driving information representing an operation of the autonomous vehicle during the execution of the stored control program;
- receiving, by the processor, driving data and contextual data collected by at least one of the plurality of sensors, the contextual data including driving conditions associated with the autonomous vehicle and related to the collision involving the autonomous vehicle;
- determining, by the processor, that the collision involving the autonomous vehicle has occurred;
- in response to the collision being determined, analyzing, by the processor, the driving data and the contextual data;
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- computing and assigning, by the processor based upon the contextual data and the driving data, a first fault score for the autonomous vehicle, and a second fault score for at least one other participant of the collision, wherein the first fault score is reduced at least in proportion to the second fault score.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, when executed by an autonomous vehicle computing device coupled to an autonomous vehicle and having a non-transitory memory, and a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and a plurality of sensors affixed to the autonomous vehicle, wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the processor configured to:
- receive driving data and contextual data collected by at least one of the plurality of sensors, the contextual data including driving conditions associated with the autonomous vehicle and related to a collision involving the autonomous vehicle;
- execute a stored control program configured to operate the autonomous vehicle;
- during execution of the stored control program, generate other driving data including driving information representing an operation of the autonomous vehicle during the execution of the stored control program;
- determine that the collision involving the autonomous vehicle has occurred;
- in response to the collision being determined, analyze the driving data and the contextual data;
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- compute and assign, based upon the contextual data and the driving data, a first fault score for the autonomous vehicle, and a second fault score for at least one other participant of the collision, wherein the first fault score is reduced at least in proportion to the second fault score.
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